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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Endzone on Sat, 22 June 2013, 01:30:07

Title: Simple short geography test for you
Post by: Endzone on Sat, 22 June 2013, 01:30:07

Read this news story, and then see if you can identify where the 4 locations are.  WITHOUT using the internet see if you can answer the 4 questions below.  Please do NOT post the answers in this thread, but just post how many out of 4 you got right.  I knew the answers, but I've been a ham radio operator all my life, and I worked as a radio officer on merchant ships for 10 years.  I've been to all 7 continents and Greenland, so I have a bit of an advantage here.  I think most Americans are so dumb when it comes to geography, and I want to see if you can even get one answer right.  NO CHEATING!  Thanks. 

http://www.sahilonline.org/english/newsDetails.php?cid=3&nid=18728


1. What larger country is just to the north of the small island nation of Singapore?
2. What country is the city of Jeddah in?
3. What country is the city of Mumbai in?
4. What country is the city of Colombo in?

Title: Re: Simple short geography test for you
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 22 June 2013, 02:05:38

1. Rand McNally
2. Springfield
3. Haberdasher
4. "One more thing..."

Title: Re: Simple short geography test for you
Post by: Endzone on Sat, 22 June 2013, 02:07:35

Quote from: noisyturtle on Sat, 22 June 2013, 02:05:38

1. Rand McNally
2. Springfield
3. Haberdasher
4. "One more thing..."

Way to go!!!!

Title: Re: Simple short geography test for you
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 22 June 2013, 13:24:55

clearly they hadn't loaded enough crap on that ship to make it cut through the waves

PS - 3 of 4

Title: Re: Simple short geography test for you
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 22 June 2013, 16:17:28

I got two right away, one after a bit of thinking and I was unsure about the last one, but after I had checked I saw that I was right.

BTW, question #2 can be deducted from the article.